Workshop Applications

2020 Workshops

The Eastern Workshop: Using Cognitive Approaches with People Who Stutter POSTPONED

Dates: June 15-20, 2020

Location: Boston

Objective: This one-week course will provide speech-language pathologists with an introduction to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) in relation to the assessment and treatment of stuttering. Therapists will also be equipped to deliver Palin PCIT (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy), an evidence based therapy programme for young children who stutter.

Workshop Faculty: Elaine Kelman, MSc, Cert CT, Cert MRCSLT, and Ali Berquez, MSc, BA (Hons), CertMRCSLT, Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children

Conference Coordinator: Diane Parris Constantino, M.S., CCC-SLP, Boston University

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2020

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Treating Children and Adolescents Who Stutter POSTPONED

Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation, the University of Maryland, College Park, and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Dates: July 20-24, 2020

Location: College Park, MD

Objective: To provide speech-language pathologists with skills and practice to assess disfluency and to effectively treat stuttering in children and adolescents.

Workshop Faculty: Joseph Donaher, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland, College Park

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2020

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The Stuttering Foundation Iowa Workshop for Faculty Development:

Designing Coursework and Clinical Experiences in the Nature & Treatment of Stuttering POSTPONED

Co-sponsored by The Stuttering Foundation and The University of Iowa

Dates: June 8-11, 2020

Location: Iowa City, IA

Objective: This four-day workshop will provide faculty and graduating doctoral students with practical strategies for developing undergraduate and graduate courses and clinical experiences in stuttering for students in Communication Sciences and Disorders degree programs.

Workshop Faculty: Vivian Sisskin, M.S., CCC-SLP, University of Maryland; Jennifer Watson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Texas Christian University; and Patricia Zebrowski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, University of Iowa.

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: All applications must be received via mail at the post office box no later than March 31, 2020

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Alan Rabinowitz

Alan Rabinowitz, Ph.D., who passed away in 2018, was an explorer, wildlife conservationist, and author. He established the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve in northern Myanmar, which is about the size of the state of Vermont.

His love for animals began when he was very young.

Marilyn Monroe

From Edward S. Herrington's letter to Southcoasttoday.com

I am writing in response to "The importance of voice" (May 29), which mentioned that famous actor James Earl Jones struggled with stuttering. Another famous voice that you cited was the trademark breathy voice of Marilyn Monroe; however, you did not make mention of the fact that Marilyn Monroe also struggled with stuttering at various points in her life, sometimes very painfully.

Dave Taylor

Dave Taylor has been on the Stuttering Foundation's list of Famous People Who Stutter for many years, but probably few people know all of the unique accomplishments of this former hockey great who was born on December 4, 1955, in Levack, Ontario.

Kenyon Martin

Kenyon Martin, the basketball sensation who was named to the NBA’s All Star Team in 2004, joins other famous people who stutter in a new brochure. The brochure - which unfolds into a small poster - is available free of charge from The Stuttering Foundation.

The poster is intended to give children and adults who stutter inspiration as they grapple with their speech disorder.

Byron Pitts

Byron Pitts has brought much attention to stuttering with his memoir, Step Out on Nothing: How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life’s Challenges, released in September, 2009. The book not only details his speech difficulties, but also his illiteracy until age 12 and his unstable family life. Pitts overcame the odds to become the chief national correspondent with ABC News.